Grow your impact by partnering with The E-Waste Column.

The E-Waste Column offers a proven model for turning public knowledge into measurable behavior change, ready to scale with the right partners.

The E-Waste Column has built, leanly and independently, a platform that reaches tens of thousands across three interconnected hubs: learning, innovation, and action. With UNIDO partnership, growing institutional recognition, and a clear content roadmap, it offers funders and partners a high-leverage entry point into the circular economy education space.

The E-Waste Innovation Hub, which we added to our offering in April 2026, functions as a broadly accessible "circular transition broker" within e-waste and electronics circularity, making our impact more significant and tangible than ever before.

Would you like to learn more about our impact? Then we welcome you to explore why e-waste education matters, how our work supports and fosters innovation for the circular economy and the energy transition, and how we enable system change through our education. You may also like to delve into the role circularity plays for democracy and how our work contributes to accelerating progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.

How are we building value through our collaborations?

Our goal has always been to curb e-waste and advance electronics circularity globally. To increase both the reach and scale of our work, we collaborate with other social enterprises active in education, startups and scaleups working on innovative solutions, universities conducting novel research, government agencies rethinking regulations, as well as NGOs and community organizations pushing for change.

Alongside our sale of memberships and our content licensing, our partnerships and collaborations play a key role in our goal to become a fully self-sustaining educational initiative and impact ecosystem over time.

Learn about our current partnerships and collaborations.

How does The E-Waste Column contribute to the future of the transition?

"Christine Nikander and The E-Waste Column [...] are on a mission to demystify responsible supply chains as we transition to a low-carbon world."

— Jessica Robinson

"Recycling of end-of-life (EoL) devices will gain increasing attention in Europe as the race for critical raw materials accelerates. Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) represents a valuable yet still largely underutilized secondary source of critical raw materials. A valuable learning resource on WEEE, critical raw materials, and the circular economy [...] worth exploring is the Learning Hub developed by Christine Nikander through The E-Waste Column.

Understanding the material foundations of the digital and energy transition is becoming increasingly important. Electronics, renewable technologies, and AI infrastructure all depend on complex supply chains for metals and critical raw materials. [...] As the global economy moves toward electrification and digitalization, understanding the lifecycle of materials in electronics will be critical for building resilient and circular supply chains."

— Arda Işıldar, PhD

"I believe that in the coming years The E-Waste Column has the potential to become a true point of reference for the industry. E-waste recycling and electronics circularity will only become more important, driven by market growth, technological trends, increasing volumes of electronic waste, and new regulatory requirements. From 2027 onward in particular, recycling and proper treatment of this material class will become even more central — not only for recyclers, but also for producers, retailers, and all stakeholders involved in the electronics value chain.

What makes The E-Waste Column especially valuable is that it does not only report information, but helps connect the dots across the sector. It provides context, highlights relevant players, and helps make visible the challenges and opportunities that define this industry. This is extremely useful for companies like ours, because it supports a better understanding of where the market is moving and where collaboration opportunities may emerge."

— Tomaso Manca, Head of Marketing & Co-Founder of Hiro Robotics

"It's so encouraging to see the circular movement grow! We all view circularity from different perspectives and can learn a lot from each other.

In this spirit, we wanted to share Christine Nikander's amazing list of 100 circular impact makers that she published in the circular advent calendar in December. Lists like these are valuable tools for finding partners to collaborate with."

— World Circular Economy Forum

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Grow your impact by partnering with The E-Waste Column.

How are we building value through our collaborations?

Learn about our current partnerships and collaborations.

How does The E-Waste Column contribute to the future of the transition?

Would you like to contribute to the funding and scaling of our work? Then we welcome you to explore our impact deep dive and reach out to us directly.

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The E-Waste Column is looking for your input to shape its future offering. Share your ideas with us here.

Grow your impact by partnering with The E-Waste Column.

How are we building value through our collaborations?

Learn about our current partnerships and collaborations.

How does The E-Waste Column contribute to the future of the transition?

​Would you like to contribute to the funding and scaling of our work? Then we welcome you to explore our impact deep dive and reach out to us directly.

Subscribe To Our Newsletter.

Would you like to contribute to the funding and scaling of our work? Then we welcome you to explore our impact deep dive and reach out to us directly.